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Just going to mention this is incorrect. First, you would need to be able to tie your blood to one of the federally recognized tribes, second DNA testing is not recognized it has to be through verified ancestry, and third even if you meet the blood requirements (most commonly 25% or 1/16th with a full blood great grandparent) and successfully petition to be put on a registry of a tribe that has gaming (about 40% of them), and which provide per-capita payments (about 15% per my googling), you likely would not get any disbursment as they are are paid out top-down.

I have lots of family that are on official registers for multiple tribes, all of which have associated gaming, and not a single one of them has ever got a direct payment. One of my cousins friends is ostensibly FBI (full blood indian) and is a tribal elder who actually works part time in a casino. And he does get a disbursement (~2-3k a year).

I have heard of some groups that get ridiculously large payments, but I believe they are rare and wouldn't be open to someone who showed up with an online DNA test.

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I would love to have mine done and then my brother have his done. Same mother and father for both but I take after my father's family and my brother takes after my mother's family. No one who sees us together can tell we are brother and sister. I am dying to know what our percentage makeup comparisons look like.

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Just going to mention this is incorrect. First, you would need to be able to tie your blood to one of the federally recognized tribes, second DNA testing is not recognized it has to be through verified ancestry, and third even if you meet the blood requirements (most commonly 25% or 1/16th with a full blood great grandparent) and successfully petition to be put on a registry of a tribe that has gaming (about 40% of them), and which provide per-capita payments (about 15% per my googling), you likely would not get any disbursment as they are are paid out top-down.

I have lots of family that are on official registers for multiple tribes, all of which have associated gaming, and not a single one of them has ever got a direct payment. One of my cousins friends is ostensibly FBI (full blood indian) and is a tribal elder who actually works part time in a casino. And he does get a disbursement (~2-3k a year).

I have heard of some groups that get ridiculously large payments, but I believe they are rare and wouldn't be open to someone who showed up with an online DNA test.

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Yes, when you say something that is said by hundreds of others with perfect sincerity. Just because you meant it to be sarcasm doesn't mean it's not a commonly expressed sentiment (and I don't know you well enough to tell the difference from text).

If you linked a story that a new amazon tribe had been found and they have no history of autism ever, and someone responded "they also don't have vaccines, this proves that vaccines cause autism" you would have basically no idea of whether or not they held that opinion or were making fun of it.

~*~ Rara Avis ~*~

I would love to have mine done and then my brother have his done. Same mother and father for both but I take after my father's family and my brother takes after my mother's family. No one who sees us together can tell we are brother and sister. I am dying to know what our percentage makeup comparisons look like.

I am fortunate that my brother, sister, and I all look similar enough, although I am the only one with brown eyes - they have hazel eyes just like our mom and dad - and she is left-handed. Personality wise, we are three VERY different individuals.

It is interesting when siblings look nothing alike and makes you wonder. Maybe you can steal his spit when he sleeps if he doesn't want to be tested.

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Gonna be a two hour special on the one they did find, the BTK killer, Sunday I think. And the way it played out was that they had his DNA from the crime scenes, but never a match in the database, becuase as a cop, his DNA was never in the system. So they searched the commecial databases and found close matches, relatives of his, and through those people, doing real detective work, they found him.